koek

Dutch (Brabantic)

/kuk/

noun
Definitions
  • cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer
  • (uncountable) Any type of cake or biscuit.
  • (by extension) something doughy or sticky
  • (heraldiccharge) roundel

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch coeke inherited from Old Dutch *kuoko inherited from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (bun, cake, roll).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*kōkô

Gloss

bun, cake, roll

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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